Ruskology 303: Fancy Flavours - Triple Berry Chocolate Gouter de Roi Rusk by Gateau Festa Harada

Triple Berry Gouter de Roi chocolate-coated rusk is a seasonal offering by Gateau Festa Harada, available only from mid-March to end-May yearly. But the good news is that it's available country-wide, and that also happens during their sakura season, which is peak tourist season for them. Maybe that's why they offer this similarly pink treat then. So if you're planning an upcoming trip to Japan for sakura watching, don't forget to pick this up.

Triple berry refers to strawberry, blueberry and raspberry. They use the respective berry powders to flavour not just the chocolate coating, but I think also the bread that they toast for the rusk. As you can see from the image, the rusk bread is also purplish pink. There was also silver powder sprinkled on it for visual appeal.

Triple Berry Gouter de Roi rusk by Gateau Festa Harada - view of texture inside
Triple Berry Gouter de Roi rusk by Gateau Festa Harada - wrapper
Triple Berry Gouter de Roi rusk by Gateau Festa Harada - whole piece of rusk
Taste-wise, it was the perfect berries-and-cream flavour. I would describe it as a strawberry taste, but there was a nice balance between blueberry floral fragrance and nuanced pop of raspberry tartness. The fruity taste was rounded off nicely by creaminess of the chocolate.

As you can see from the ingredients list further below, the strawberry is indeed the dominant base, with strawberry powder appearing first. This is followed by blueberry powder providing the floral roundedness, and finally a touch of raspberry powder for the sour pop. And of course there's also the usual butter and salt in the rusk bread. (Click the photo to enlarge.)

The chocolate taste was very intense, however, and I did not really notice the salt or butter in the rusk with all the distraction. Its role ended up being one of just providing the crunchy texture. Nonetheless, perhaps without the salt, it might have come across as sweeter and less balanced.

Triple Berry Gouter de Roi rusk by Gateau Festa Harada - ingredients list
Sneak preview: next up will be the matcha flavor of Gouter de Roi, which is their Kansai area special AND also a seasonal offering. Pretty hard to get. Stay tuned.
Triple Berry and Matcha Gouter de Roi rusk by Gateau Festa Harada - packaging
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